Nice post, Zach. 100% agree that the identity problem of the PGA Championship is real, and that the move to the May slot hasn't succeeded. (And I'm not even so sure what that move was supposed to achieve...)
I love the idea of Match Play format ... the danger is it would become a version of the Dell Match Play that could be terrible come Sunday evening. A Kisner-Kuchar Sunday wouldn't do much for ratings, right? And like it or not, the reality is that all decisions are made through the lens of TV viewership numbers.
All that said, I'd be in favour of trying it. It's far too beige as it is, and it could be great to have an annual Major Match Play, forcing players to play each other more than the course, which over a 10-year-plus time horizon would see a whole other side to many players' personalities.
Nice post, Zach. 100% agree that the identity problem of the PGA Championship is real, and that the move to the May slot hasn't succeeded. (And I'm not even so sure what that move was supposed to achieve...)
I love the idea of Match Play format ... the danger is it would become a version of the Dell Match Play that could be terrible come Sunday evening. A Kisner-Kuchar Sunday wouldn't do much for ratings, right? And like it or not, the reality is that all decisions are made through the lens of TV viewership numbers.
All that said, I'd be in favour of trying it. It's far too beige as it is, and it could be great to have an annual Major Match Play, forcing players to play each other more than the course, which over a 10-year-plus time horizon would see a whole other side to many players' personalities.
So you've won me over :-)